Sports Management Q2 2011 - UUM

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Th e Football Association (FA) has launched
a semi-professional competition for women
– the Women’s Super League (WSL).
Chelsea Ladies played Arsenal Ladies in
the inaugural game of the league on 13 April,
which took place at Tooting and Mitcham
United Football Club’s ground and was
screened live on ESPN television.
In addition to Chelsea and Arsenal, six
other teams will compete in 14 rounds of
matches – Birmingham, Bristol, Doncaster,
Everton, Liverpool and Lincoln.
Th e venue boasts Essex’s fi rst Olympic-size pool
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New fi gures published by the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have
shown a £35m drop in the anticipated fi nal
cost (AFC) of hosting the 2012 Games.
According to the government’s May 2011
Quarterly Economic Report, the overall
funding package for next summer’s event
remains at nearly £9.3bn.
However, the AFC of the Olympic
Delivery Authority programme now stands
at £7.266bn – a decrease from the £7.301bn
revealed in February’s quarterly fi gures.
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A quarter of parents and guardians are worried
that kids are not taking part in enough
physical activity, according to the Lloyds
TSB National School Sport Week survey.
More than four-fi ft hs (81 per cent) said
they believe sport plays an important role
in a child’s development, while 92 per cent
fully back their kids taking part in sport.
Th e survey – commissioned to explore
attitudes of adults with school-age kids –
comes ahead of the Lloyds TSB National
School Sport Week from 27 June-1 July.
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Graham Construction is to
build a £21m sports and leisure
centre in Glenrothes,
which will replace the existing
Fife Institute for Physical and
Recreational Education.
Designed by B3 Architects
and Crea8 Architecture, the
facility will be delivered in
stages to ensure minimal disruption
to services during the
construction process.
Th e new complex will comprise
a 25m x 17m, eight-lane
swimming pool with a viewing
gallery for 250 spectators.
A 20m x 10m training pool with moveable
fl ooor, a 11m x 5m teaching and remedial pool,
a strength and conditioning studio and an
80-station gym will be among the facilities.
Meanwhile, a wetside changing area with
adjoining health suite, a regional-standard,
eight-badminton court sports hall and an
Big Splash, a new campaign to
increase the number of people
swimming and to help
improve the nation’s health,
has been unveiled by British
Swimming and the BBC.
The initiative aims to
encourage the UK’s existing 13
million swimmers and inspire
more to take up the sport, as
well as helping to improve
water safety and save lives.
It is believed that a fi ft h of
adults are unable to swim and
a fi ft h of kids leave primary
school unable to swim – two
statistics that Big Splash aims to change.
British Swimming chief executive David
Sparkes said: “Th e Big Splash is part of our
ongoing drive to increase the participation
in swimming. It’s got fantastic health benefi ts
Pick Everard has been appointed by Sport
England to provide procurement support as
part of a new £135m grassroots scheme.
Th e company will work with the funding
agency on the Places People Play programme
Th e new Glenrothes facility will include an 25m x 17m swimming pool
aerobics studio are also planned, in addiiton to
outdoor facilities such as an enhanced athletics
track and a full-size synthetic turf pitch.
Graham Construction regional director Neil
McFarlane said: “Th e new sports and leisure
facility will provide the people of Fife with an
important and stunning civic amenity.”
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British Swimming hopes the campaign will help increase participation
and it saves lives. Working with the pools and
the BBC, we expect to see many more people
getting active as we move towards the greatest
sporting event in the world, the Olympic
Games, coming to London next year.”
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in a bid to help meet Olympic and Paralympic
legacy goals from the London Games.
Pick Everard will be tasked with developing
a number of national framework deals that will
guide the selection of specialist contractors to
deliver modernisation/expansion schemes.
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